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UPS man...

So I'm sitting at home, I hear a truck outside my house, and a few moments later a box being thrown on my concrete steps and slid towards my door. Not a single knock or attempt to see if anybody is home, even though my interior door was wide open and my car in the driveway.

I just thought it was interesting that no attempt was made to see if anybody was home to accept this.

Re: UPS man...

Originally Posted by cyQlone

So I'm sitting at home, I hear a truck outside my house, and a few moments later a box being thrown on my concrete steps and slid towards my door. Not a single knock or attempt to see if anybody is home, even though my interior door was wide open and my car in the driveway.

I just thought it was interesting that no attempt was made to see if anybody was home to accept this.

Its incredibly annoying when they do this.

Originally Posted by ChrisMWilliams

If you guys come by Bondurant tonight, I'll **** all over every one of your dogs. I'm not the Mayor but I've been drinking a crap ton of water today and have plenty of water in the old radiator.

Re: UPS man...

Originally Posted by cyQlone

So I'm sitting at home, I hear a truck outside my house, and a few moments later a box being thrown on my concrete steps and slid towards my door. Not a single knock or attempt to see if anybody is home, even though my interior door was wide open and my car in the driveway.

I just thought it was interesting that no attempt was made to see if anybody was home to accept this.

Have you ever worked for a home delivery company? Those guys don't get paid by the hour, they get paid by how many stops are on their truck. A guy working at a good pace can do 20 stops in an hour. Suppose the guy has 60 more stop on his truck. You don't think he wants to get home? Unless it needs a signature, there's no reason for him to wait.

Re: UPS man...

what do you want them to do? they cant sit outside your house for 9 hours waiting for someone to come home. they have 200-250 other people who want their packages just as much as you do.

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Re: UPS man...

Originally Posted by TarHeelHawk

Have you ever worked for a home delivery company? Those guys don't get paid by the hour, they get paid by how many stops are on their truck. A guy working at a good pace can do 20 stops in an hour. Suppose the guy has 60 more stop on his truck. You don't think he wants to get home? Unless it needs a signature, there's no reason for him to wait.

UPS drivers get paid by the hour. After a couple of years they get paid about 28.00 an hour and pay nothing... NOTHING for benefits.

Yes, I worked for UPS as a part-timer. You know, even as a part timer as long as you work at LEAST 4 hours a month you qualify for full time benefits, which are EXCELLENT!

Re: UPS man...

Originally Posted by alarson83

And this is the customer's concern how?

He explained it. No signature required means no signature required. They always just leave it at the door, in my experience. That is the way they do it at my residence, UPS, Fedex, etc. I actually prefer this, especially if I am working on another project and don't want to be bothered by a silly signature.

Re: UPS man...

Originally Posted by alarson83

And this is the customer's concern how?

It isn't, but I don't blame the guy for not sticking around to wait for someone to come to the door. Suppose the driver does that every stop throughout the day, and waits 1 minute at each stop, and has 150 stops (not packages) on his truck?

The drivers responsibility is to make sure you get your stuff - not to make sure that you're home to personally accept it.

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